Fireplace screen



May 20,A 1930. E. HUTcHlNJsoN, JR

FIREPLACE SCREEN Filed Aug. 14, 1928 wrt/vra@ Egel/mf Afm/4mm, y

yPatented' May 2 0, 1930 UNITED sTArs PTE?,

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- gEen NDW-Ann iiUfioHiNsoN, Jn..,'oF'PfiiiLAnnLPi-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA lrinnrnlion SCREEN Application filed August 14, 19278;/Sera1 Ad-299,432.

A.` further object isto provide a neat, in`

expensive and eiiicient arrangement, con- 15 struct-ion, and connection of `parts for at taining the result sought by the leading Other and further objects not at this time Y .set forth Will appear'hereinaft'er.

20 Y The invention consists of thenovel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.k f

The nature,characteristic features and scope of the invention will. be'more fully uni' en in connection VWith thefaccompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in Which: f v

Fig. l, is a vievvv in perspective of an open soflire placeprovided with a portable screen or guard embodying the invention'.

n I Fig. 2, isa sidevie'wof the screen yor guard and Y f Y Fig. 3, is a rear-.view of Fig. 2.' y Y For thepurpose of illustrating my inventiomlhaveshown inthe accompanying` drawj ings one 'forinthereof Which is atpresent' preferred. by .'me,l since the same has been found in practice to-'giv'esatisfactoryand ren liable results, although it is to be lunderstood that the various finstrumenta'lities of Which ymy inventionconsists cany be variously ar- Y i ranged vand organized-and thatmyl invention which is constructed/of Wire mesh, which 50. screen or guard is adapted to lbe positioned.

.are all fixed With respect to one another.

screen.

Y oppositely 'disposed rods 13 provided with i gripping members lll for engaging the'side walls of theV channel members 2. kThe rods .f lare springpressed as at 15, see Fig, soi

`are causedV todisengage frictionalV contact V1() -Will elevate the curtain 11 tozanydesire'd y before an open ire place, as'shown in Fig. 1, the open back of the screen or guard, see-Fig; i

3, abutting against the face of the {ire-place Wall. The screen or guard according to the present invention comprises side pieces'l of '55 Wire mesh the sidesnbeing provided at they .y front edges With channel' strips 2, .see F ig. 3. The side pieces lat theirtopare curvedasat i 3, connectingWhich'curved parts isametal i casing i 4Which extends over the side piece-sl, `60 as at 5; see FigyZ.' The usual handles 6 are ysecured Vto this casing l, in` order vthat the screen or Guard may bev carried about when desired, although with my novel curtain this is seldom necessary; The screen or guard is 65 also provided lWith rearl and bottom metal f strips 7 and 8, see Fig. From the above itl is tobe understood that those parts described A description Will noWbe given of the mov- 0i able curtain for the front offthe'guardory l Rotatably mounted inbrackets 9; carried by the parts of cover orhood 4 .is

v l A 'a springroller l() horizontally disposed'and' derst-ood from the following description tak .i

of the y'general type of a conventional curtain 'roller andl adapted toV accomplish raisingand lowering of the .Wire lmesh curtain 11, the topV of Which isjsecured to saidfroller 10 and the Y* bottm Of-whioh carries ar metal, hollow` strip 12." Thisstrip 12 has arranged therein 80 that normally the members 14 gripthe Walls 5 l kofthe members 2. By moving the lriiobs 16 'Y of said rods toward one another theV grippersl with the; members 2 sov that'thespring'V roller position, itbeing understoodthat the moment the operator-'releases the knobs 16 the gripel pingmembersagain frictionally engage thev members Zandfovercome' the action `of theVv i springroller-- It is thus apparent, as clearly 9 `shownin Figi, that thecurtain may beY raised to desired'height and maintained f in that position. provides a veryhandy Y method of feeding Wood-to .the fire or other Y.

necessities in connection Vwith open` fire places '00 i' y' without the necessity of .actually removing the screen or guard the advantages of which farefapparent. The reference numeral 17designates abale plate vforthe 'delecting of Y heat-waves awayzfrom the spring-roller 10. By having the guard or screen swelled outV Y at its `front, as shown, Iam enabled toy make useof conventionalvfire-dogs'or andirons 18 Y so that curtain 11 maybe raised and lowered y 11T 10 without interference. K v 1 y A Vf ,i

i fire dogs and havingwire Vmesh sides, a metal ranged atthe top Aof/said screen or guard,

1 f f ing spring.;,actuatedfmeans therefor lat the :f front of said screen or guard, means for j 525 action offs'aid; spring -`aotuatedmeans, said '130 Springactuatedmeans fordeeotion of heat Whatlclaimis: e Y.

-- lA portable screen or guard for removableV position before an open lire place and hav-V ging an open back orfresting .against a irel 15 Vplaeefwall and having Van extended or swell wine mesh front to Vextend AwellbeyondA the fire place wall in `order, to 'accommodate the f-cap having at sidesfanda Curved frontar-` i handles forsaid metal cap, a'eurtan includlnaintaining saidV Curtain fixed againstthe v means inoludinga pair of endwise, movable, y spring controlled grpp'ers for engaging 'a fixed part Yof said screen'or guard, and a baie 1' plate arranged below and to ytheV rear of said Y waves therefrom. Y l 1 VEDWARD HUTCHINSON7 JR. A 

